Author: Greg Winterton
Longevity swap market has not gone the way of the dinosaurs just yet.
New research suggests that the chances then that the next 100 years or so brings about a similar jump?
Life Risk News’ latest roundtable digs deep into the current state of ESG as it pertains to the life risk industry.
Dr. Rahul Nawander, Medical Director at Fasano Underwriting, offers his views on what is impacting LEs generally from a medical perspective.
There are few options available to investors that want exposure to longevity risk in Canada, but a new idea could expand this currently limited market.
Lowest number of HECM approvals since 2001 makes for tough reading for US reverse mortgage market.
EY’s Swapnil Katkar offers his thoughts on the state of the UK bulk purchase annuity market.
The impact of interest rate changes on the life settlement market is not as clear cut as in other private asset classes.
Traditional wealth management practices for retirees haven’t always deeply integrated longevity risk – the risk of outliving one’s assets – into their investment strategies for their clients. Indeed, historically, the approach has been somewhat formulaic, often based on generalised assumptions about life expectancy, risk tolerance and the expected returns of different asset classes. But for many wealth managers, the reality of their clients living longer is forcing them into something of a rethink; a rethink that ties directly into the expertise of the life settlement industry. Life settlement asset managers and providers have access to a wealth of life expectancy…
September sees the start of autumn – unofficially – and more of the year has passed than remains. So, as the home stretch of 2024 begins, Greg Winterton caught up with Rainer Gruenig, CEO at Plenum Investments, to get his thoughts on how the life settlement market has fared generally so far this year. GW: Rainer, to begin, give us your thoughts on the year so far for life settlements. RG: I think it’s been a challenging year. All of the firms in our market have felt the impact of higher for longer interest rates in the past couple of…